Face-powder box.



C. DAVIS.

FACE POWDER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 29. 1915.

1,208,501. Patented oct. 31, 1916.

CHARLES DAVIS, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

FACE-POWDER BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 31, 1916.

Application led January 29, 1915. Serial N o. 5,073.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Davis, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Face-Powder Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles of the type in which a sieve is adapted to rest on the surface of the contents to prevent excessive removal thereofu by a. pad or brush which is applied to remove some of the contents, the sieve being pressed down by the brush or the like and descending with the contents as they are consumed.

TheV object of the invention is to provide an improved receptacle of this type which will be especially suitable for containing fine powders, such as face powder, and with which a fine puff, such as a swans down uff, can be used effectively and without liabllity of spilling or scattering of the powder.

An important feature of the invention comprises a sieve of textile fabric such as silk or cotton gauze which is stretched initially over the surface of the powder and is adapted under the light pressure or action of the light puff to follow or descend with the gradually falling upper surface of the powder.

The invention also comprises the .combination of details hereinafter speeilied and claimed.

4In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation' of one form of powder box according to the invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional elevations of another form, the sieve being shown at different levels.

In the form of the invention illustrated by Fig. 1, the box comprises a cylindrical body 1, and a bottom l havinga vertical cylindrical portion 5. A cover G fits as usual outside the body 1 and onto the top edge/of the portion 5. A flexible sieve 3 of fabric such as silk gauze is 'secured at its circumference' to a ling 8 about which it is lapped and then secured to a carrier by which it can be raised and lowered. For example, tle ring 8 is glued to the ledge 7 of a frame 7 adapted to slide inside the body 1.I The frame 7 has means, such as tabs 9 of silk ribbon, by which it can be raised. The sieve 3 is caused to follow the lowering level of the powder B owing to the pressure of the puff when in use.

In the form illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3 the tabs of silk ribbon are secured to a stationary but preferably removable frame 10, the upper ledge or overhanging rim 12 of which is slotted as at 13 to permit of the passage of the tabs 9. One end of each tab is secured to the underside of the rim 13 and the other is turned in' under and glued to the ring S. The tabs thus form loops. A lining 14 is provided within the box extending part of the depth of the same, the frame 10 resting on the upper edge of saidlining.

It will be noticed that in both of the forms illustrated, the fabric sieve 3 is secured at its circumference to a frame which has a sliding fit within the box so that the only means of exit for the powder isl through the sieve and spilling or scattering of the contents when the box is opened brusquely is avoided, and only the requisite small quantity can be removed b v the puff at any time.

I claim:

l. A box for containing powder 11a-ving a frame which has a sliding t within said box, an inwardl)1 projecting ledge on the frame," a sieve of textile fabric secured to said ledge, said ledge and sieve being arranged on the lower side of said sliding frame and' means for raising said frame, said raisingr means being attached to and extending above said frame.

A- powder box having a lining within the box and extending part of the depth of the same. a fralne slidable in said lining and conforming closely to the sides thereof, an inwardl)v projecting ledge on said frame, a sieve of textile fabric secured to Said ledge, said ledge and sieve being arranged on the lower side of said frame, a second frame arranged above the liningl and fitting the interior of the box at the top thereof and resting ou the upper edge of said lining, an inwardl v projecting rim on said second frame, and means passing fromysaid inwardly projecting rim ou the second frame to the slidable frame to raise the Sallie, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES DAVIS.

Witnesses:

A.W. MATHYS, FREDERICK E. SQUIRE. i 

